First Wild Whooping Crane Chicks Hatch in the Midwest in Over 100 Years.

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May 10, 2006: Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership:

The two chicks hatched from the eggs of whooping cranes 13 (a male) and 18 (a female) from the ultralight-led crane Class of 2002. The tiny chicks—numbers 2-06 and 3-06—are the second and third birds to hatch this spring at Patuxent, and biologists anticipate that both will join the ultralight-led crane Class of 2006, which will learn the migration route between Necedah National Wildlife Refuge in Wisconsin and Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge in Florida this fall.

They will join the 64 other endangered whooping cranes in the wild in eastern North America thanks to WCEP’s efforts.

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Homosassa, FL.

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1. Darn it! You beat me to it!! Oh well. This is some fantastic news

Despite our current state of affairs in this great country of ours, it sure is great to get piece of great news like this one!
I do hope they'll watch those chicks closely, this is a population still on the brink. The loss of even one individual is significant. It would be even better if the two parents are able to raise the chicks to full fledge.

There's hope for this world yet!